Unhelpful error when name_lookup does not return anything

[barthoekstra]

I'm trying to lookup the vernacular names of birds using name_lookup(), but the error I get once a vernacular name cannot be found in GBIF (if I understand it right) is very unhelpful.

E.g.

name_lookup("Zwartbuikrotgans", datasetKey = "4dd32523-a3a3-43b7-84df-4cda02f15cf7", higherTaxonKey = 162310263)

Results in:

Error: Can't find columns `key`, `scientificName` in `.data`.
Run `rlang::last_error()` to see where the error occurred.

Unless I totally misunderstand what this function is supposed to do, I would at least expect this to return e.g. an empty tibble or an error that is more informative.

[barthoekstra]

Thanks for the swift fix! That solved it.

Small remark: your test for this fix may fail at some point, as I would not be surprised if this species name at one point ends up in that checklist. Maybe better to change it to a totally bogus name.